Pandora’s details, based on data in Mori Flapan’s REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND VESSELS is as follows
Sail or Rego or Fishing No}:{2} {19}
Material: Wood
Rig: Sloop~gf Rig changes & identification codes: A.b(hgaff) Aux sloop~bm b96 A.c
Type: Yacht Propulsion: Sail
Designer: Hand, William H., jnr, USA
Year built: 1910/11 Yard or Job No:
Builder: Lucas, Charles
Where built: Battery Point, Hobart, TAS
Engines:
Boilers/Gearing:
Official Number: IMO Number:
Dimensions (ft)—Length: 32.667 Breadth: 9.1667004 Depth:
Volumetric ‘tonnage’ measurements (1 ton = 100 cubic ft):
Gross: 5 Underdeck: Net: 5
Decks: 1Dk Deck Erections: Cb10.5′
Number of funnels &location: 0 Number of bulkheads:
Tanks, etc: Freeboard:
Stem: Spoon Figurehead: Nil Stern: Counter Square raked
PORTS and owners:
HOBART 1911-26: ’11b11b12b16 David Barclay, jnr:
1916 E.Barclay:
1930s W.A.Young:
1990s Jeffrey Briscoe:
2005 KETTERING,TAS by Robert Lord &Deb Mackeen:
20087/8
Fate/Status— Year: 2008 Type: Operational Details:
History and details:
1911 second in cruiser’s race at Hobart regatta.
1911 came third in Ocean Race around Bruny Island.
1912/01/23 participated in Anniversary Day races on Derwent.
1912/03/27 collided with Aotea in Bellerive regatta &retired.
1912/02 participated in Ocean Race.
1913 won Ocean Race
1916 owner David Barclay killed in action.
1924-25 racing as cruiser on Derwent River.
1926 sailed well during season showing some of old form.
1927/06 passed yacht Yeulba coming into Hobart on delivery from Melbourne.
1942 By 1942 Foredeck raised forward of cabin.
1950s converted to inshore cruising boat, raised foredeck extended to aft of cabin. Three portlights each side of raised foredeck.
1970s still racing.
by 1996 Converted to Bermudan sloop, fitted with auxiliary motor and 1996 still sailing on the Derwent River.
2005/02 participated in Australian Wooden Boat festival at Hobart.
2006/03 for sale at Kettering, Tas.
~2018 Paul Cullen
2020 Bought and restored by Craig Purdon
References (see http://www.boatregister.net/RANZS_References.htm): Amb1^1925/5,1926/5,1926/12,1927/7,1928/12(Powner):Arhv2:Awb1^2005(P):BRO3(P):MarkSmith:TA1^1912/1/11(P,Dprofile,lines&sail):Ta1^1911/10/05,1911/11/30,1911/12/14,1912/1/11(P),1912/3/7,1912/3/21:Vir1
Pandora getting new ribs in the 1980s (David Short)
In 2020, Pandora had fallen on hard times and came close to being broken up, but her rescuer arrived in the form of “retired” boatbuilder Craig Purdon. As he had done previously with the similar yacht, Grayling, Craig restored Pandora mostly on a mooring in Prince of Wales Bay. She has now been returned to the original deck layout and gaff rig. It was a close call but now another One Design will be back on the Derwent
